Solid Waste

SA 'up there with the best' recycling plastic bottles

Many South Africans are under the impression that we don’t have much of a recycling culture‚ but when it comes to plastic bottles‚ we’re up there with the best in the world.

Publication Date: 
04/04/2017
Times Live (South Africa)
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, Waste Recycling, Plastics, South Africa, Africa
Hazardous Waste

Nigeria faces growing e-waste problem

In Nigeria, an entire industry thrives on the demand for imported second-hand electronic goods.

Publication Date: 
03/04/2017
Al Jazeera
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, Nigeria, Waste Management, Africa
Sanitation

Waste-to-energy and recycling - Competing systems of waste management in urban India

Incineration-based waste-to-energy technologies have recently emerged as the preferred policy option for managing the growing problem of waste in India. These technologies require a continuous supply of waste inputs of sufficient quantity and quality—high calorific value and low moisture content—to be viable. Government and industry proponents suggest that WtE and recycling are compatible systems of managing waste while their critics disagree.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2017
Aman Luthra
Economic and Political Weekly
52
13
51-58
Tags:
Waste To Energy, Waste Recycling, Waste Management, India, Waste Incineration, Municipal Corporations, Delhi, Composting
Solid Waste

Guidelines on environmental management of construction & demolition (C & D) wastes

CPCB has brought `Guidelines on Environmental Management of C&D Wastes' in compliance of Rule 10 sub-rule 1(a) of the C&D Waste Management Rules, 2016 and has attempted to address the issues pertaining to abatement of adverse environmental impacts arising from C&D waste management activities.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2017
Central Pollution Control Board
Tags:
Waste Management, Construction Industry, Waste Disposal, Environment Management, India, Building Materials
Solid Waste

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Solid and Liquid Waste Management, 30/03/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Solid and Liquid Waste Management, 30/03/2017. The SBM (G) Guidelines also has guidelines on Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM).

Publication Date: 
30/03/2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Solid Waste, Waste Management, India, Parliament
Solid Waste

Mobile phone users in Lusaka to pay for garbage collection

LUSAKA deputy mayor Chilando Chitangala says all mobile phone owners in Lusaka will be required to pay a fee towards garbage collection exercises through monthly deductions to improve health and sa

Publication Date: 
30/03/2017
Lusaka Times (Zambia)
Tags:
Solid Waste, Garbage, Zambia, Sanitation, Waste Management, Africa, Mobile Phone
Hazardous Waste

Germany supports Ghana with €25 million to tackle e-waste menace

Germany is to support Ghana with €25 million euros to tackle its growing electronic waste menace.

Publication Date: 
30/03/2017
Graphic (Ghana)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, Ghana, Germany, Waste Management, Health, Africa, Toxic Wastes
Solid Waste

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Waste Management, 29/03/2017

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Waste Management, 29/03/2017. The details of city-wise waste generated in Gujarat during the last three years and the current year are at Annexure-I. The details of projects undertaken for waste management in Gujarat are at Annexure-II.

Publication Date: 
29/03/2017
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Waste Management, Municipal Solid Waste, Solid Waste, Gujarat, India, Parliament
Environment

Shipping min moves to turn major ports green

The 'Project Green Ports' has two aspects – 'Green Ports Initiatives' relating to environmental issues and 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan' – and is being executed through Indian Ports Association

Publication Date: 
22/03/2017
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Ports, Environmental Security, Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways, Waste Management, LEDs, Environment Clearance (EC), Oil Pollution
Hazardous Waste

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Management of e-waste, 20/03/2017

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Management of e-waste , 20/03/2017. The policy framework for environmentally sound management of e-waste is laid down in E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 which was notified in March, 2016.

Publication Date: 
20/03/2017
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Electronic Waste, Waste Management, India, Parliament, Waste Disposal, Waste Recycling

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